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About 500 plush dogs and cats are spread out with help from Lackawanna County Sheriff’s Department Cpl. Corey Cavalieri on Thursday at the Aaron Center in Dickson City, with more stuffed animals to be donated in the next few weeks.
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On the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, Joseph P. McDonald manned the switchboard at Fort Shafter in Hawaii when he received the alarming message that radar had detected a large number of planes approaching from the north, heading fast for Oahu.
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Scranton firefighters early today were battling a fire at a vacant house in South Side.

Fire crews were called to investigate reports of heavy smoke in the 800 block of East Locust Street about 1:46 a.m., according to Scranton Assistant Fire Chief Jeff White. Firefighters arrived to find "heavy smoke and flames" coming from what was reported to be an abandoned house at the end of the block.

Assistant Chief White said neighbors reported that a homeless man sometimes stays in the home, but firefighters found no sign of anyone in the home as they battled the flames.

The house did have a lot of debris inside, Assistant Chief White said, which made it difficult to quell flames. At the height of the blaze, crews reported that they were facing a "pack-rat situation" with "a lot of storage throughout the house," making it difficult to maneuver inside.

The fire sent a haze of smoke hanging over the surrounding blocks and brought a handful of neighbors from their homes to see what was happening.